Pullman  an*  Stewart 

Chicago,  ITilinoie 

1892*4900 


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U'EST  PULLM.  l.\   .si 


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West  rullman  Land  Association 


OFFICERS: 

President,  JACOB  P.   SMITH 

Vice- President  and  Treasurer,    -                            -  STEPHEN  A.    FOSTER 

Secretary,            -                                                    -  VERNE  S.   PEASE 


DIRECTORS: 

THOMAS  S.   CRUTTENDEN,  STEPHEN  A.   FOSTER,  J.   P.   SMITH, 

ARTHUR  DIXON,  W.   B.   JUDSON,  A.  J.   SMITH, 

L.   T.    DICKASON,  VERNE  S.    PEASE,  GEORGE  E.   SIMPSON, 

C.   B.    EVANS  T.  J.   RYAN,  THOMAS  A.   WRIGHT, 

all  of  Chicago. 

A.   M.   STONE,   of  Worcester,   Mass.;  T.  KING  and  P.  E.  PRESBREY,  of  Boston. 


CITY  OFFICE:     4O3   Home  Insurance  Building, 
SUBDIVISION    OFFICE:    12OOO  Halated  Street, 

CHICAGO,    ILL. 


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CENTRAL  PORTION  OF  WEST  PULLMAN 

Looking  west  front  cgrner  of  Parnel]  avenue  and  i2oth  street  toward  factory  district  beyond  Halsted  street.     The  qld  Morgan  farm,  of 

which  this  was  a  part,  bad  only  one  bouse  upon  it  up  to  1892. 


(a) 


RETROSPECTIVE. 

M  November  6,  1891,  the  West  Pullman  Land  Association,  of  Chicago,  purchased 
the  tract  of  land  lying  south-west  of  Pullman  and  Kensington,  that  had  previously 
been  known  as  the  Old  Morgan  Farm.  This  tract  contained  about  480  acres,  and 
the  purchase  price  was  at  the  rate  of  $2,500  an  acre.  It  was  a  fine  piece  of  rolling 
land,  the  eastern  part  of  which  reached  an  elevation  of  45  feet  above  the  lake  and 
was  heavily  wooded,  while  the  western  and  southern  portions  had  an  elevation  of 
from  23  to  30  feet.  It  had  long  been  known  and  distinguished  by  these  charac- 
teristics from  many  other  portions  of  the  Calumet  region. 
Early  in  1892  this  property  was  subdivided,  and  the  work  of  development  begun.  The 
higher  and  wooded  portion  above  referred  to,  and  lying  east  of  Butler  street,  was  set  aside 
exclusively  for  the  finer  class  of  residences.  This  part  now  constitutes  Stewart  Ridge,  and  fur- 
ther account  of  its  advantages  as  a  residence  suburb,  together  with  views  of  its  streets  and  the 
homes  there  located,  will  be  found  in  the  later  pages  of  this  pamphlet. 

Separated  by  nearly  a  mile  from  Stewart  Ridge  is  the  portion  of  the  property  that  was  laid 
out  for  manufacturing  plants  and  the  cheaper  homes  of  their  employes,  and  in  the  intervening 
section,  lying  between  the  manufacturing  district  on  the  west  and  Stewart  Ridge  on  the  east, 
retail  and  general  business  streets  were  established,  and  the  building  restrictions  were  made  less 
exacting  than  in  Stewart  Ridge,  thus  providing  for  homes  of  a  moderate  cost. 


December  1,  1900. 


(3) 


FACTORY  DISTRICT. 

All  of  the  industrial  plants  at  West  Pullman  are  located  in  this  section  limited  on  the  east 
by  Halsted  street  and  on  the  west  by  Loomis  street,  thus  having  a  total  length  of  three-quarters 
of  a  mile.  Here,  from  time  to  time  since  the  laying  out  of  the  town,  manufacturing  concerns 
have  been  located,  until  we  now  find  the  imposing  array  of  the  Piano  Manufacturing  Company, 
the  Whitman  &  Barnes  Manufacturing  Company,  the  Chicago  Malleable  Castings  Company,  the 
Carter  White  Lead  Company,  the  Phoenix  Shoe  Company,  the  Opaque  Shade  Cloth  Company,  the 
Chicago  Pail  Company,  and  several  minor  concerns. 

Eleven  manufacturing  concerns  at  West  Pullman  with  capital  and  surplus  of $6,605,000 

Number  of  hands  employed  at  West  Pullman 3, 780 

Number  of  hands  employed  at  Pullman 6,258 

Number  of  hands  employed  at  Burnside 2,000 

Total  number  of  hands  employed  in  tl.e  vicinity  of  West  Pullman,  12,038 

Yearly  pay-roll  at  West  Pullman $2, 000,000 

Yearly  pay-roll  at  Pullman, 3,832,291.98 

Yearly  pay-roll  at  Burnside 1,000,000 

Total  yearly  pay-roll  in  the  vicinity  of  West  Pullman $6, 832,291. 98 


THE  OPAQUE  SHADE  CLOTH  COMPANY'S  PLANT 

On  Peoria  street.     40,000  square  feet  of  floor  space;  125  h  jrse  pjwer.     Plans  are  already  perfected  for  large  additions  to  be  made  to 

this  plant  immediately.     Blue  Island  is  seen  in  the  distance. 

(4) 


THE  CARTER  WHITE  LEAD  COMPANY'S  PLANT 
At  corner  of  i2otb  and  Peoria  streets.     160,000  square  feet  of  floor  space  in  plant;  500  horse  power,     Established  1892. 

(5) 


Jl     Tl 


Fronting  on  i2oth  street. 


THE  PLANO  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY'S  PLANT 

This  building,  which  is  1000  feet  long,  is  only  one  of  the  many  large  buildings  of  this  plant,  which  has  a  total 
floor  space  of  fifteen  acres,  and  uses  1500  horse  power. 
(6) 


THE  PLANO  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY'S  PLANT 

View  from  south  of  Illinois  Central.     The  Piano  Manufacturing  Company  first  removed  its  plant  to  West  Pullman  in  1894,  and  has  since 

made  large  additions  to  keep  pace  with  the  rapid  growth  of  its  business. 

(7) 


RAILROAD  ^n  preparing  f°r  the  location  of  these  great  manufacturing  concerns,  the  promoters 
FACILITIES  °f  West  Pullman  early  made  provision  for  unrivalled  railroad  facilities.  The 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company  soon  after  the  location  of  the  town,  constructed 
its  Blue  Island  branch  throughout  the  entire  east  and  west  length  of  the  property  along  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-first  street,  and  located  three  stations — Stewart  Ridge  station  between 
Harvard  and  Stewart  avenues,  West  Pullman  station  at  Halsted  street,  and  the  station  now 
known  as  Piano  at  Center  avenue.  The  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  (the  Pan 
Handle,  of  the  Pennsylvania  railway  system)  already  crossed  the  property  from  north  to  south  and 
established  passenger  and  freight  stations  at  One  Hundred  and  Nineteenth  and  One  Hundred 
and  Twentieth  streets.  The  Chicago,  Rock-Island  &  Pacific  Railway  Company  built  in  from  the 
west,  and  established  its  freight  station  at  Morgan  and  One  Hundred  and  Nineteenth  streets. 


THE  CHICAGO  MALLEABLE  CASTINGS    COMPANY'S  PLANT 

At  izoth  street  and  Center  avenue.     Established  1899.     Covers  5j^  acres;  2  smelting  furnaces  of  daily  capacity  of  12  tons  each;   10 

annealing  ovens,  capacity  of  25  tons  each     The  Illinois  Central  tracks  at  the  right,  and  the  terminal 

tracks  operated  by  the  Chicago  Terminal  Transfer  Company  at  the  left. 

(8) 


(4)  THE   CHICAGO    PAIL    COMPANY'S 

PLANT 

20,000  square  feet  of  floor  space;  100 
horse  power. 

(5)  THE  INGLIS  PHOTOGRAPHIC  SUPPLY 

COMPANY'S  PLANT 

38,000  square  feet  of  floor  surface; 

75  horse  power. 

(i)  THE  PHCENIX  BOOT  AND  SHOE  COMPANY'S  PLANT 

On  Peoria  Street.      50,000  square  feet  of  floor  space  in  plant; 

200  horse  power. 

(2)    CHICAGO  BRASS  BED  FACTORY 
(3)  WEST  PULLMAN  STATION  ON  ILLINOIS  CENTRAL 
at  Halsted  Street 

The  Land  Association  constructed  a  system  of  terminal  tracks  connecting  these 
three  trunk  lines  and  reaching  all  parts  of  the  factory  district.  This  system  of  termi- 
nal tracks  is  now  owned  by  a  local  railroad  company — the  Chicago,  West  Pullman 
&  Southern  Railway  Company,  and  is  operated  by  the  Chicago  Terminal  Transfer  Company, 
(sometimes  known  as  the  Calumet  Terminal)  which  recently  secured  access  to  West  Pullman. 
This  last  named  Company  has  established  an  office  there  for  the  purpose  of  serving  more  promptly 
and  satisfactorily  the  needs  of  the  manufacturing  concerns  there  located,  and  a  special  engine 
and  crew  attend  to  all  switching.  The  shipping  facilities  thus  afforded  are  unsurpassed. 

(9) 


TERMINAL 
TRACKS 


A  shipment,  whether  it  be  of  many  car-loads  or  of  so  small  a  part  of  a  car-load  as  2,000 
pounds,  can  thus  be  shipped  by  any  one  of  the  factories  on  freight  trains  of  the  Terminal  Com- 
pany, which  will  bring  the  shipment  to  Chicago  and  forward  over  any  one  of  the  twenty-six 
Chicago  railroads  running  to  all  parts  of  the  country  at  regular  Chicago  rates.  No  switching 
charge  whatever  is  made  against  the  consignor,  this  being  absorbed  by  the  road  to  which  the 
freight  is  consigned,  and  all  truckage  charges  are  also  eliminated,  as  the  terminal  system  of 
tracks  runs  to  the  door  of  each  of  the  manufacturing  plants.  This  item  alone  has  saved  one  of 
the  plants  there  located  over  $18,000  annually.  Provision  has  been  made  for  the  extension  of 
these  facilities  on  the  same  advantageous  terms  to  any  industrial  concerns  that  may  hereafter  be 
located  at  West  Pullman. 

It  should  further  be  borne  in  mind  that  West  Pullman  is  right  in  the  territory  through  which 
practically  all  of  the  great  Eastern  and  Southern  railway  systems  pass,  and  is  directly  accessible 
to  them  all  for  either  freight  or  passenger  service.  The  Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois,  the  Mich- 
igan Central,  and  the  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis,  are  only  a  mile  distant  at 
Kensington;  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio,  the  Erie,  the  Wabash  and  the  Monon  are  some  two  miles 
distant  at  Burnside;  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern,  the  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago 
and  the  New  York,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  are  readily  reached  at  Grand  Crossing;  and  the  Grand 
Trunk  and  the  main  line  of  the  Rock-Island  are  but  a  short  distance  west  at  Blue  Island. 

During  the  year  ending  June  30,    1900,    the    Rock-Island,    Illinois 
AMOUNT  OF  Central,  and  Panhandle  roads 

FREIGHT  HANDLED  AT  Took  into  West  pullman 134,032  tons. 

WEST  PULLMAN  ... 

Forwarded  from  West  rullman    73.35°  tons. 

On  the  terminal  tracks  of  the  Chicago,  West  Pullman  &  Southern  Railroad,  an  average  of 
46/4  loaded  cars  a  day  were  handled  during  the  first  two  and  a  half  months  of  their  operation 
by  the  Chicago  Terminal  Transfer  Co. 

(10) 


CORNER  OF  119TH  AND  HALSXED   STREETS 
Showing  tracks  of  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  Railroad  (Panhandle);  station  at  the  left. 


LABOR 
MARKET 


Another  of  the  chief  advantages  that  has  caused  manufacturing  enterprises  seeking 
locations  to  prefer  West  Pullman  over  other  industrial  points  is  the  large  and 
unfailing  market  of  skilled  labor  there  found.  The  proximity  of  West  Pullman  to 
Pullman  and  Burnside  is  a  large  factor  in  this  connection.  According  to  the  annual  report  of 
President  Lincoln,  of  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company,  the  average  number  of  names  on  the 
pay-roll  at  Pullman  for  the  past  year  was  6,258,  and  the  wages  paid  were  $3,832,291.98,  mak- 
ing an  average  of  $612.38  for  each  employe,  including  men,  women,  boys  and  girls.  The 
Illinois  Central  shops  at  Burnside  employ  over  2  ooo  people,  with  an  annual  pay-roll  of  over 
$1,000,000.  Adding  these  figures  to  the  aggregates  given  above  for  West  Pullman  factories,  we 
have  a  total  of  over  12,000  employes  in  this  territory  of  only  a  few  miles  square. 


THE  WHITMAN  &  BARNES  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY'S  PLANT 

From  the  east.  When  this  plant  was  first  established  at  West  Pullman  in  1894,  this  Company  had  large  plants  also  at  Syracuse, 
New  York,  and  Akron,  Ohio,  but  it  has  since  concentrated  its  business  at  West  Pullman  on  account  of  the  superior  advantages  there 
found,  the  Syracuse  plant  having  been  entirely  abandoned  in  1897,  and  one  department  after  another  having  been  removed  to  West 
Pullman  from  Akron.  The  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  freight  station  appears  at  the  right.  Morgan  Park  and  Beverly  Hills  are 
seen  in  the  distance.  ,  , 


THE  WHITMAN  &  BARNES  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY'S  PLANT 
Fronting  on  izoth  street.     This  front  building  is  600  feet  long;  250,000  square  feet  of  floor  space  in  plant-  1500  horse  power. 


WRIGHT  BLOCK,  on  Halsted  Street. 


PLUMBER'S  STORE,  on  i2otb  Street. 


POPULATION. 


The  Federal  census  of  1900  gives  the  southern  portion  of  the  34th  Ward,  includ- 
ing West  Pullman,  Roseland,  Kensington  and  Pullman  a  population  of  30,0x30 
people.  Nearly  8,000  of  these  are  properly  credited  to  the  towns  of  West  Pullman 
and  Stewart  Ridge. 

The  growth  in  population  of  the  southern  portion  of  this  city  during  the  last  ten  years  has 
been  phenomenal.  While  the  entire  city  of  Chicago  has  gained,  according  to  the  Federal 
census,  598,725  people  since  1890 — being  at  the  rate  of  increase  of  54.44% — a  record  far 
beyond  that  made  by  any  of  the  other  large  cities  of  the  country,  the  three  southern  wards  of 
the  city  lying  south  of  63rd  and  55th  streets  have  gained  124,425  people,  or  at  the  rate  of  165%, 
which  is  more  than  three  times  the  rate  of  gain  of  the  entire  city.  Of  these  three  southern  wards, 
the  34th  in  which  West  Pullman  is  located,  made  altogether  the  largest  gain,  its  population  hav- 
ing increased  60,953,  or  at  the  rate  of  202%;  while  the  33rd  Ward,  in  which  South  Chicago  is 
located,  gained  25,853,  or  at  the  rate  of  99%,  and  the  3ist  Ward,  lying  west  of  the  34th  Ward, 
gained  37,619,  or  at  the  rate  of  193%. 

(14) 


HALSTED  STREET 

Looking  north  across  i2oth  street.     West  Pullman  Post-Office  at  the  right.     Land  Association  office  at  the  left. 

Tracks  of  Calumet  Electric  Street  Railway. 

(15) 


KNEELAND  BLOCK,  on  Halsted  Street 

A  large  majority  of  the  residents  of  the  three  southern  wards  are  within  easy  reach  of 
West  Pullman  by  the  Calumet  Electric  Railway  system,  which  gives  a  five  cent  fare  over  all  its 
lines,  reaching  east  into  the  heart  of  South  Chicago  and  west  to  Auburn  Park  and  Washington 
Heights,  as  well  as  covering  practically  all  of  the  34th  ward.  On  its  West  Pullman  division 
alone,  this  Railway  Company  carries  on  the  average  7,242  people  daily,  or  a  total  of  2,643,330 
people  in  a  year. 

The  Illinois  Central  suburban  express  trains  give  frequent  and  rapid  service  to  the  southern 
portions  and  to  the  center  of  the  city. 

(16) 


119TH  STREET 

Looking  west  from  Wallace  street.     Tracks  of  Calumet  Electric  Street  Railway.     Through  cars  on  this  road  to  63d  street,  where 
they  connect  with  South  Side  Elevated  and  surface  roads  direct  to  heart  of  city. 

(.17) 


CORNER  OF  BUTLER  AND  120TH  STREETS 


Moreover,  the  Calumet  region  contains,  in  addition  to  the  large  population  in  the  southern 
portion  of  the  city,  prosperous  and  rapidly  growing  communities  outside  the  city  limits. 
Morgan  Park  is  a  mile  northwest  of  West  Pullman;  Blue  Island  is  a  mile  and  a  half  southwest; 
Harvey  is  two  miles  directly  south;  while  Dolton,  Hammond  and  East  Chicago  lie  to  the 
southeast.  West  Pullman,  being  situated  near  the  center  of  this  district,  is  in  a  position  to  reap 
more  than  its  share  of  the  benefit  from  the  increased  inter-communication  and  inter-dependence 
that  is  sure  to  come  among  these  Different  sections. 

(18) 


Looking   south   from    ngth 
street. 


STATE  BANK  OF  WEST  PULLMAN 

At  corner  of  i2oth  street  and  Lowe  avenue.     Bank  established  1894. 

erected  1900. 


(19) 


New  building 


BRANCH  OF  CHICAGO  PUBLIC 
LIBRARY,  LOCATED  IN  THIS 
BUILDING,  GIVING  DAILY 
DELIVERIES. 


STORE  FRONTS  ON  120TH  STREET. 

(20) 


120TH   STREET 

Looking  east  from  Union  avenue. 

(21) 


CATHOLIC  CHURCH. 


But  while  West  Pullman  thus  enjoys  the  advantage  of 
being  a  part  of  Chicago  and  within  reach  of  so  large  a 
laboring  population,  it  at  the  same  time  enjoys  great 
advantages  over  many  of  the  more  congested  sections  of 
the  city.  The  laboring  people  living  there  own  their  own 
homes  and  are  contented.  No  strike  or  serious  labor  diffi- 
culty has  ever  been  known  in  West  Pullman.  The  laboring 
people  have  their  lodges  and  societies,  but  aggressive  or 
offensive  organizations  are  unknown.  There  is  not  a  union 
factory  or  shop  in  the  town. 


RESIDENCE  OF  REV.  FATHER  FOLEY. 


PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL. 


(22) 


WALLACE  STREET 
Looking  south  from  I2oth  street.     Congregational  church  in  center. 

(23) 


CHURCH  OF  CHRIST, 


In    fact,   the    western    and    central    portions    of    West 
Pullman — as  distinguished   from    the   higher-priced   section 
of    Stewart    Ridge — afford    every    opportunity    for    cheap, 
good  and   contented  living.      The  property  there  is  of  low 
price,    ranging  from   $350  to  $500  per  lot;  and  if  a  home- 
seeker  lacks  either  the  means  or  the   inclination  to  build, 
a  company  having    capital   and   surplus   of   $200,000,    and 
especially  organized  for  this  purpose,  stands   ready  to  con- 
struct such  a  home  as  may  be  desired,  to  be  paid  for  on  the 
monthly    installment     plan. 
Indeed,   there  is  no  dearth 
of    capital    for    developing 
West    Pullman,    and     it    is 
already  recognized  by  con- 
servative   investors    as   one 
of  the  sections  of  the  city 
in  which   it   is  safe  to  lend 
money  upon  mortgage    se- 
curity and  at  a  reasonable 
rate  of  interest. 


(24) 


PARNELL  AVENUE 

Looking  north  from  i22d  street.     All  the  houses  on  both  sides  of  this  street  built  within  the  last  three  years  and  sold 

on  monthly  installment  plan 

(25) 


MARKET  AND  GROCERY  STORE  ON  120TH  STREET 
Completed  November,   1900 

The  Pullman  Loan  and  Savings  Bank  had,  October  i,  1900: 

Savings   Deposits $1,201,316 

Individual      " 310,102 


TOTAL $1,5x1,418 

The  people  not  only  get  cheap  homes,  but  they  get  cheap  living.  In  this  section  of  the 
town  are  located  excellent  markets,  groceries  and  general  stores.  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  the 
Fair,  the  Hub,  Siegel  &  Cooper's,  and  the  other  large  down  town  stores,  give  daily  and 
free  delivery  in  West  Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge. 

(26) 


CORNER  120TH  STREET  AND  LOWE  AVENUE 
Looking  north. 

(27) 


STEWART  RIDGE. 


ADVANTAGES 

OF 

BEING   IN 

THE 

CITY  OF 

CHICAGO 


When  the  Old  Morgan  Farm  was  purchased  by  the  West  Pullman  Land 
Association  in  November,  1891,  the  larger  portion  of  it  was  already  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  Chicago,  and  the  balance  of  the  property  was  annexed  in 
February,  1895.  Thus  were  secured  to  West  Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge  the 
great  advantages  of  the  Chicago  water  supply,  of  Chicago  schools,  and  of 
Chicago  fire  and  police  departments.  This  also  insured  Chicago  mail  delivery  and  Chicago 
telephone  and  telegraph  rates.  A  branch  of  the  Chicago  public  library  was  there  established, 
and  is  generously  patronized.  Chicago  companies  furnish  gas  for  cooking  and  illuminating 
purposes,  and  electric  lights  at  the  same  rate  as  in  other  portions  of  the  city. 

(28) 


PUBLIC  SCHOOL  BUILDING 

Corner  i2oth  street  and  Parnell  avenue.     Width,  100  feet;  depth,  200  feet.     The  first  building  of  8  rooms  erected  in  1893. 
building  of  16  rooms  added  in  1900.     High  School  (4  years  course)  established  1900.     Manual  training 
department  established  November,  1900.     Total  attendance  October,  1900, 
913  pupils.   High  School  attendance,  117  pupils. 

(29) 


New 


But  the  progressive  promoters  of  West  Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge  early  entered  upon 
still  greater  undertakings  for  the  development  and  improvement  of  this  property.  Two  main 
sewers — the  famous  Wentworth  avenue  sewer,  of  a  diameter  of  io$4  feet,  furnishes  an  outlet 
for  the  lateral  sewers  in  the  streets  of  Stewart  Ridge — while  the  new  Halsted  street  sewer,  with 
a  diameter  of  4^  feet,  takes  care  of  the  factory  district  and  the  central  portion  of  West  Pull- 
man. Sewer  and  water  pipes  having  been  laid,  the  streets  were  finely  macadamized,  and  Port- 
land cement  sidewalks  placed. 

ELEVEN  MILES  of  streets,  improved  with 
Fine  Macadam, 
Portland  Cement  Sidewalks, 
Sewer  Pipes, 
Water  Pipes. 
At  cost  of  $345,000  all  paid  for  by  the  Land  Association. 

With  its  natural  advantages  thus  improved  and  developed,  it  was  inevitable  that  West 
Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge  should  grow  and  flourish,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  within  a  year  from 
the  date  of  their  founding,  the  real  estate  market  of  Chicago  experienced  the  unprecedented 
depression  from  which  it  is  just  now,  with  the  beginning  of  the  new  century,  recovering. 

The  building  restrictions  that  were  imposed  on  the  lots  sold  were  graded  ac- 

occTni^Tirkwc      cording  to  the  relative  merit  and  value  of  the  different  localities.     Thus  was 
RESTRICTIONS 

given  adequate  protection  to  those  purchasing  in  Stewart  Ridge,  and  the  build- 
ing of  the  fine  class  of  homes  now  found  in  that  portion  of  the  property  was  thus  insured.  Each 
year  the  town  made  substantial  growth.  Hardly  a  season  has  passed  without  some  30  or  40  new 
residences  being  added.  New  and  better  stores  have  been  opened.  Schools  have  been  enlarged, 

and  churches  of  all  denominations  erected. 

(30) 


EGGLESTON   AVENUE 

Looking  north  from  I2oth  street 

(31) 


HOMES  ON  EGGLESTON  AVENUE 
(32) 


Looking  south  from  I2otb  street. 


EGGLESTON   AVENUE 

Three  frame  houses  and  brick  apartment  built  in  this  block  during  summer  of  1900. 
chapel  is  now  in  process  of  construction  here. 

(33) 


Episcopal 


HOMES  ON  STEWART  AVENUE 
(•34) 


STEWART   AVENUE 
Looking  south  from  izoth  street,  across  Illinois  Central  tracks.     Stewart  Ridge  station  between  this  street  and  Harvard  avenue, 

(35) 


EGGLESTON  AVENUE 

At  corner  of  i2zd  street. 

(36) 


RESIDENCE 
At  corner  of  Harvard  avenue  and  izad  street,  built  in  summer  of  1900. 

(37) 


STEWART  RIDGE  STATION. 


The  Stewart  Ridge  Station,  on 
the  Illinois  Central,  is  within  five 
minutes'  walk  of  each  of  the  twenty- 
four  blocks  that  make  up  this  sub- 
division, and  the  Suburban  Express 
Service  of  this  road  makes  thirty-eight 
minute  time  to  the  Van  Buren  Street 
Station,  near  the  heart  of  the  business 
and  retail  district  of  Chicago.  It  is 
expected  that  this  running  time  will 
be  still  further  reduced  to  accommodate  the  increasing  patronage  at  Stewart  Ridge.  Sixteen 
trains  each  way,  daily,  are  run  by  the  Illinois  Central  to  Stewart  Ridge  and  West  Pullman,  and 
further  passenger  accommodation  is  afforded  by  the  Panhandle  Road,  the  Chicago  &  Eastern 
Illinois,  and  the  main  line  of  the  Illinois  Central,  all  of  which  are  readily  accessible  by  the  cars 
of  the  Calumet  Street  Railway,  which  run  every  ten  minutes  along  the  northern  boundary  of 
Stewart  Ridge  and  West  Pullman. 

WILDWOOD  PARK. 

The  country  surrounding  Stewart  Ridge  is  very  beautiful,  and  the  walks  and  drives  in  that 
neighborhood  are  most  charming. 

The  Calumet  River  is  but  a  few  blocks  south.  This  wide  and  placid  stream  winds  between 
picturesque  and  wooded  banks.  Perhaps  the  best  known  portion  of  the  river  is  at  Wildwood, 
where  Col.  James  Bowen  long  ago  established  his  country  home. 


(38) 


COL.   BOWEN'S  OLD  COUNTRY  PLACE  AT  WILDWOOD 
At  the  statign  of  that  name  on  Illinois  Central.     This  is  part  of  the  proposed 

(39) 


Members  of  the  Special  Park  Commission  of  Chicago,  on  their  recent  visit  to  Wildwood  ex- 
pressed keen  delight  and  appreciation  of  the  virgin  beauty  of  this  woodland,  of  its  magnificent 
growth  of  elms,  maples,  oaks  and  firs,  of  its  ravines  and  river  bluffs,  and  of  its  distant  landscapes. 
This  property  is  situated  at  the  south  end  of  State  Street  and 
Michigan  Avenue,  and  the  Calumet  Electric  Street  Railway 
already  runs  its  cars  to  Gardner's  Park,  within  two  blocks  of  the 
property,  while  the  Illinois  Central  has  a  station  just  to  the 
east.  Several  hundred  thousand  people  are  thus  within  easy 
reach  of  this  property  and  are  hoping  that  the  Special  Park 
Commission  will  succeed  in  its  effort  to  preserve  here  a  most 
lovely  natural  park.  Indeed,  this  Wildwood  tract,  situated  as 
it  is  at  the  end  of  Michigan  Avenue,  the  greatest  of  the  city's 
boulevards,  should  be  but  a  link  of  a  superb  park-way,  run- 
ning along  the  bank  of  the  Calumet  River,  south  of  Stewart 
Ridge  and  West  Pullman,  all  the  way  to  Blue  Island,  and  thus 
connecting  with  the  fine  rolling  country  lying  south  and  west 
of  the  Blue  Island  and  Morgan  Park  range  of  hills. 

This  country  is  crossed  and  re-crossed  by  good  roads, 
affording  drives  of  unending  variety  and  charm.  Its  beauties 
are  just  beginning  to  be  known  to  the  people 
of  Chicago,  and  the  location  of  the  Midlothian 
Country  Club,  southwest  of  Blue  Island,  of  the 
Homewood  Club  at  Flossmoorand  the  Ellersie 
Cross-Country  Club  at  Beverly  Hills,  are 
attracting  seekers  for  country  homes  to  this 
southern  section.  All  of  these  clubs  are  within 
easy  driving  distance  of  Stewart  Ridge,  and 
plans  for  a  local  golf  club  at  this  subdivision 
are  already  being  made. 

(40) 


OLD  BLUE  ISLAND  AND  RIVERDALE  ROAD 

This  road  forms  northern  boundary  of  Wildwood  property, 
which  the  Special  Park  Commission  of  Chicago  has  visited  and 
recommended  as  a  site  for  a  beautiful  natural  park.  This  is  half 
a  mile  south  of  Stewart  Ridge. 


ON  THE  BLUFF    AT  WILDWOOD 
Overlooking  Calumet  River. 

(41) 


WILDWOOD    PLEASANCE 


RAVINE  AT  WILDWOOD 
Banks  20  feet  high  are  hidden  by  the  heavy  foliage. 

(13) 


CALUMET  RIVER  AND  HARBOR. 


The  Calumet  River,  as  a  navigable  water- 
way, is  already  under  the  control  of  the  Federal 
Government  to  a  point  beyond  West  Pullman, 
and  none  but  swinging  bridges  are  allowed  to 
be  built  across  it.  When  the  well  matured 
project  for  deepening  and  widening  this  river 
is  put  into  operation,  the  great  natural  beauty 
of  the  stream  and  its  banks  can,  if  care  is  only 
exercised,  be  preserved  and  enhanced. 

The  early  improvement,  for  the  purpose 
of  navigation,  of  the  Calumet  River  to  Blue 
Island  and  beyond  is  assured.  The  Trustees 
of  the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago  have  already 
made  plans  for  the  annexation  to  the  Chicago 

Sanitary  District  of  the  Calumet  region,  and  for  the  building  of  a  ship  canal  across  from  the 
Calumet  River  along  Stony  Creek  and  the  old  canal  feeder  to  the  Chicago  Sanitary  and  Ship  Canal 
at  the  Sag.  It  is  admitted  that  such  a  tributary  canal  must  be  built  before  the  Chicago  Canal 
can  fulfill  the  requirements  of  the  state  statutes  as  to  the  amount  of  water  flowing  through  it. 

Slips  could  easily  be  built  from  the  Calumet  River,  so  improved,  to  West  Pullman,  and 
industries  there  located  would  have  water  transportation  to  Lake  Michigan  on  the  east  and  the 
Chicago  Canal  on  the  west. 


WALK  AT 

W1LDWOOD. 


CALUMET  RIVER    BENEATH  WILDWOOD 

The  river  is  about  250  feet  wide.     Proposed  ship  canal  from  Lake  Michigan  via  the  Calumet  River  connecting  with  Chicago 
Sanitary  and  Ship  Canal  has  been  surveyed  and  approved  by  Engineers  of  the  United  States  along  this  route. 

(45) 


but  the  development  of  the  Calumet  River  has  still  greater  possibilities  for  the  Calumet 
region.  Agitation  for  a  deep  waterway  from  Lake  Michigan  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  has  recently 
taken  on  more  tangible  and  agressive  form,  and  the  Illinois  River  Valley  Association  has  been 
organized  for  the  express  purpose  of  furthering  this  project  and  of  seeking  aid  therefor  from 
Congress.  The  United  States  Engineers  have  from  the  first  recognized  that  this  proposed  water- 
way should  follow  the  route  above  described,  via  the  Calumet  River  and  the  Sag.  Elaborate 
surveys  were  made  in  1889  under  the  direction  of  Congress,  and  in  transmitting  these  to  Wash- 
ington, Major  W.  L.  Marshall,  who  was  long  Chief  Engineer  for  the  Government  at  Chicago,  in 
his  letter  of  February  28th,  1890,  reported  as  follows: 

"The  terminal  facilities,  *  *  *  *  the  ample  land-locked  natural  basins,  *  *  *  *  for  the 
construction  of  a  great  development  of  wharves  and  docks,  and  commodious  harbors,  *  *  *  * 
point  irresistably  to  the  Calumet  region  as  the  proper  terminus  of  a  great  waterway  between  the 
Great  Lakes  and  the  Mississippi  River." 

Ten  years  further  experience  and  observation  have  only  emphasized  the  justice  of  Majo 
Marshall's  conclusion.  A  second  survey  of  this  route  was  recently  ordered  by  Congress,  and 
has  just  been  completed  by  the  United  States  Engineers  at  Chicago. 

It  surely  is  quite  within  the  possible  that  a  few  years  time  will  give  West  Pullman  the  benefit 
of  a  navigable  waterway  direct  to  the  Mississippi  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

Whatever  may  be  thought  of  the  practicability  of  the  effort  of  the  Illinois  River  Valley 
Association,  to  secure  a  fourteen-foot  channel  down  the  Mississippi,  it  is  admitted  by  all  that  an 

eight-foot  channel  is  entirely  feasible. 

(46) 


THEIGREAT  ELM  UNDER  THE  BLUFF  AT  WILDWOOD 

(47) 


The  work  of  improving1  the  harbor  at  the  mouth  of  the  Calumet  River  is,  in  the  meantime, 
being  vigorously  pushed  forward  by  the  Federal  Government,  and  the  river  has  already  been 
dredged  for  a  distance  of  several  miles  to  a  width  of  two  hundred  feet  or  more,  and  a  depth  of 
twenty  feet,  thus  accommodating  the  largest  steamers  on  the  Great  Lakes.  This  harbor  is  recog- 
nized as  the  most  commodious  on  Lake  Michigan,  and  General  Wilson,  Chief  of  the  Engineers 
of  the  War  Department,  in  his  report  which  will  be  presented  to  the  next  session  of  Congress, 
advocates  an  appropriation  of  $300,000  for  the  further  improvement  of  the  Calumet  Harbor, 
and  of  $60,000  for  the  Calumet  River,  and  he  also  advocates  an  appropriation  of  $75,000  for  the 
Chicago  River. 

Major  Marshall,  in  February,   1898,  in  discussing  the  navigation  interests  of  Chicago,  said: 

"Calumet  already  has  the  deep  water  harbor,  and  it  is  by  all  odds  the  best  place  for  the 
wheat,  coal  and  lumber  in  transit,  instead  of  going  through  the  heart  of  the  city.  *  *  *  The 
growth  of  business  at  Calumet  Harbor  within  the  last  two  years  is  something  surprising." 

And  in  his  report  of  1897,  Major  Marshall  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  average 
registered  tonnage  of  steam  vessels  arriving  at  and  departing  from  Chicago  Harbor  was  only  700 
tons,  while  from  Calumet  Harbor  it  was  1,456  tons,  which  he  stated  was  larger  than  the  aver- 
age steam  tonnage  at  any  other  port  on  the  globe. 

Commerce  at  the  Calumet  Harbor  has  indeed  made  tremendous  strides  since  the  Federal 

Government  began  its  improvement. 

CALUMET  HARBOR. 

1889  J899  INCREASE.        PERCENT  GAIN. 


No.  Vessels  Entering  .................  606  I»IS3  547  9° 

Total  Registered  Tonnage  Entering  .....      493,928          1,755,782          1,261,854  255 

Average  Tonnage  of  Vessels  entering  Calumet  Harbor,  1,552  tons. 

Compare  this  with  the  Chicago  River,  which  has  long  had  the  greatest  commerce  of  all  the 
harbors  on  the  Great  Lakes. 

CHICAGO  HARBOR. 

1889  ^99  INCREASE.  PERCENT    GAIN. 

No.  Vessels  Entering  ................  9,802  6,984  2,818* 

Total  Registered  Tonnage  Entering.  ...      4,521,886         4,582,821          60,935  * 

Average  Tonnage  of  Vessels  Entering  Chicago  River,  656  tons. 
*Decrease. 

(48) 


CALUMET  RIVER  AT  HALSTED  STREET  BRIDGE 
Three  blocks  south  of   Association  property. 

(49) 


During  the  season  ending  September  3Oth,  1900,  the  following  entrances  were  made  at  the 

Calumet  and  Chicago  Harbors  respectively,  according  to  the  report  for  September,  1900,  of  the 
Bureau  of  Statistics  at  Washington. 

ENTRANCES. 

CALUMET.  CHICAGO.  CALUMET.  CHICAGO. 

No  of  vessels 921  5,761  Rye 

Coal,  hard 237,626  tons.     595, 102  tons.  Iron  Ore 1,581,991  tons.  70,464  tons. 

"     soft... I3>135     "  42»7o6     "  Iron,   Pig 60    "  335     " 

Flour I)9°7     "  31652     "  Iron,  manufactured ....         4,491     "  11,201     " 

Wheat 467,000  bu.        306,406  bu.  Salt 118,349     "  104,766    " 

Corn -  25,055    "  Copper 1,944     "  16,255     " 

Oats 1,000  "  Lumber 107,740  M  ft.  378,546  M  ft. 

Barley Unclassified  freight....     123,887  tons.  607,483  tons. 

33  stetl  vessels,  aggregating  88,108  tons,  and  costing  $5,700,000,  were  built  on  the  Calumet  River 
between  1891  and  1899.  Early  in  1900,  there  were  under  construction  at  one  plant  on  this  river, 
one  steamer  450  feet  long,  a  second  466  feet  long  and  a  third  475  feet  long. 

The  managers  of  the  great  railroads  of  Chicago  have  long  recognized  the  importance  of 
the  Calumet  region,  and  have  been  busy  securing  facilities  there.  The  Chicago  Terminal  Trans- 
fer Company,  which  operates  the  terminal  tracks  at  West  Pullman,  has  two  lines  running  east 
and  west,  just  south  of  the  Calumet  River,  from  Blue  Island  to  Hammond  and  South  Chicago. 
President  Thomas  of  the  Western  Indiana  and  the  Inner  Belt  Line  railroad  companies,  in  his  last 
annual  report  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  his  road  had,  during  the  past  year,  derived  a  rev- 
enue of  $262,336  from  industries  located  in  the  Calumet  region,  and  went  on  to  predict  that, 
"Nearly  all  the  through  business  will  eventually  be  handled  over  docks  and  through  warehouses 
located  on  the  Calumet  River,  or  on  the  Lake  in  that  vicinity." 

Grain  elevators  with  a  capacity  of  over  fourteen  million  bushels  have  already  been  con- 
structed on  the  Calumet  and  plans  are  already  made  for  the  building  of  further  elevators. 

(50) 


CALUMET  RIVER 
From  Ashland  avenue  bridge, 

(50 


THE  FUTURE. 

In  issuing  this  pamphlet  the  management 
of  the  West  Pullman  Land  Association  seeks 
to  call  to  the  attention  of  the  public  such  per- 
tinent facts  as  will  enable  all  who  are  interested 
in  Chicago  real  estate  to  form  some  just  idea  of 
the  conditions  now  prevailing  at  West  Pullman 
and  Stewart  Ridge,  and  of  the  probable  future 
development  there.  It  is  hoped  that  all  who  are 
so  interested — be  they  men  of  affairs  looking  for 
manufacturing  sites  or  business  opportunities,  be 
they  home  seekers,  or  investors, — will  visit  these 
subdivisions  and  verify  for  themselves  the  repre- 
sentations here  made. 

It  is  evident  that  these  properties  are  far  removed  from  the  common  subdivision  property. 
While  they  can  well  bear  comparison  with  other  suburbs,  either  as  to  attractiveness,  healthful- 
ness,  or  accessibility,  these  subdivisions  do  not  in  any  sense  depend  upon  suburban  residents  for 
their  future  growth. 

With  them  it  is  not  so  much  a  question  of  getting  Chicago  people  to  go  out  there  to  live, 
as  it  is  to  get  people  whose  daily  occupation  takes  them  to  these  points,  or  to  other  sections  of  the 
Calumet  region,  to  establish  homes  and  remain  in  the  community.  Better  street  car  accommo- 
dation, which  is  sure  to  come,  between  the  different  sections  of  this  region — for  instance, 
between  South  Chicago  and  West  Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge,  and  between  Pullman  and  West 
Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge, — will  mean  the  location  at  the  last  mentioned  points  of  very  many 
people  who  now  live  in  less  attractive  sections  of  this  district,  or  in  sections  of  the  city  farther 
north,  and  so  more  distant  from  their  places  of  business  or  employment. 

(52) 


Indeed,  West  Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge  have  the  essential  elements  of  a  city  in  them- 
selves and  they  are  right  in  the  heart  of  a  district  destined  to  become  a  great  city  of  itself  in  the 
near  future. 

How  strong  the  trend  of  the  growth  of  population  in  their  direction  is,  appears  from  an 
analysis  of  the  Federal  Census  returns: 

POPULATION. 

SOME  STATISTICS  AS  TO  GROWTH  OF  SOUTHERN  PORTION  OF  CHICAGO  ACCORDING  TO  FEDERAL  CENSUS. 

1890. 

Chicago  (entire  city) 1,099,850 

Chicago,  south  of  39th  street 182,729 

Chicago,  south  of  63rd  and  551)1  streets  (Wards  31,  34  and  33)         75, 188 
34th  Ward,  in  which  West  Pullman  is  located 30, 192 


1900. 
'.698,575 
416,153 
199,613 

9'. '45 


Increase. 


233.424 
"24,425 

60,953 


Per  Cent. 

54-44 
127. 

165. 
202. 


34th  Ward  made  the  largest  increase  of  any  ward  in  the  city,  gaining  60,953. 
Chicago,  south  of  39th  street  has  63,934  more  people  than  Buffalo. 
Chicago,  south  of  63rd  and  55th  streets  has  67,791  more  people  than  Toledo. 
34th  ward  has  only  10,000  people  less  than  Omaha. 
South  of  39th  street,  there  are  within  twenty  thousand 

as  many  people  as  the  whole  city  of  Chicago  had 

in  1878. 


POPULATION    OF    SOUTHERN    PORTIONS    OF    34th    WARD, 
FEDERAL    CENSUS    OF    iqOO. 

West  Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge 7,896 

Kensington 3,5  19 

Roseland 10,678 

Pullman 7,747 

Riverdale 1,185 


South  of  looth  street. 


31.025 

(53) 


This  district  is  making  great  gains  not 
only  in  population  and  in  industrial  and  com- 
mercial matters,  but  along  other  lines  as  well. 
The  recent  action  of  the  Executors  of  the 
Estate  of  Geo.  M.  Pullman,  in  setting  aside, 
pursuant  to  the  terms  of  the  will,  a  fund  of 
some  $1,200,000  for  the  erection  and  main- 
tenance of  a  technical  and  manual  training 
school  at  Pullman,  is  a  most  hopeful  indication 
of  the  future  of  this  district.  Morgan  Park  has 
long  been  known  for  the  excellent  academic 
and  military  schools  there  maintained,  and 
these  are  being  strengthened  and  enlarged. 
The  stability  and  permanence  of  West  Pullman  and  Stewart  Ridge,  and  of  real  estate  values 

there,  are  already  assured  by  the  substantial  growth  shown  during  the  last  eight  years,  and  now 

that  general  conditions  have  so  changed  and  improved,  this  growth  will  gain  greater  and  greater 

momentum. 

Negotiations  are  now  pending  for  the  location  there  of  new  manufacturing  concerns,  as  well 

as  for  the  enlargement  of  some  of  those  already  located. 

A  great  deal  of  building  is  now  going  on,  both  of  business  blocks  and  of  private  residences, 

and  the  demand  for  homes  is  still  much  greater  than  the  supply.      Everything  points  to  an  active 

(54) 


market  during  the  next  season.  The  present  prices  of  property  are  conservative,  and  nowhere 
in  the  City  of  Chicago  is  better  value  given,  or  stronger  assurance  of  satisfactory  returns  and  an 
advance. 

Price  lists  and  plats  will  be  furnished  on  application  and  free  transportation  afforded  to  those 

desiring  to  visit  the  property. 

Respectfully, 

WEST  PULLMAN  LAND  ASSOCIATION, 

403  Home  Insurance  Building,  Chicago. 


(55) 


FIRST  ADDITION  TO  WEST  PULLMAN 

Development  just  begun  by  building  of  three-foot  brick  sewer  through  centre  of  property.    Adapted  to  cheap  homes  for  working  people. 

Blue  Island  in  the  distance 


(56) 


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